In Gambia, rainfall is a bit of a wild card. Sometimes it buckets down, other times it's a mere trickle. This weather rollercoaster creates a big headache for rural folks: water shortages. When water is scarce, people might resort to unsafe practices, putting their health at risk. Researchers have
New Jersey is having a tough time with water. The governor just announced a drought warning because the state is going through one of the driest periods in almost 120 years. This is causing a big increase in wildfires, with firefighters responding to over 500 more blazes this year compared to last y
Scientists have taken a close look at how well 39 climate models from the CMIP6 project match up with real-world data on Arctic energy and water budgets. They checked things like seasonal patterns, long-term averages, and trends in both the atmosphere and ocean. Turns out, many models have some seri
Imagine diving into six years of weather data from Portugal's largest reservoir, Alqueva. Two weather stations were installed here, one floating on the water and the other on the shore. From 2018 to 2023, these stations collected valuable information. Every hour, they recorded rainfall, water and so
Ever thought about Mars being warm and wet? That was the reality around 4 billion years ago. As the planet began to cool down, it found a nifty trick to keep the water flowing. Mars used a special type of ice made from carbon dioxide, which acted like a cozy blanket, trapping heat and melting water.
Scientists have come up with a clever way to deal with water pollution. They've created tiny graphene cages that can trap and break down nasty chemicals, like N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF), found in water. First, they mix graphene with a special polymer to create a kind of super material called PGO.
In Louisiana, water lovers are facing a wet disappointment this week. The Amite and Tickfaw Rivers, hotspots in Livingston and Tangipahoa parishes, have been closed down. Why? A storm named Rafael is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials aren't taking any chances with high winds and rising water
You thought it was just water? Think again! Scientists in Miami have discovered that it’s raining something else too: chemicals that just won’t go away. They are called PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', because they stick around in the environment for a long time. These chemicals have been in use since
Last Sunday, former President Donald Trump gave a nod to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's idea of removing fluoride from the U. S. water system. In an interview with NBC News, Trump said, "Sounds okay to me, " when asked about Kennedy's proposition. This view goes against the advice of public health agencie
Have you ever wondered how to tell if a text was written by a human or an AI? DeepMind and Hugging Face have teamed up to create a solution called SynthID Text. This tool adds a special tag, or watermark, to text generated by large language models (LLMs). Here's how it works: Imagine you have a mag
